John Barclay (mayor)

John Barclay (22 January 1749-15 September 1824) was Mayor of Philadelphia (F) from 13 April 1791 to 13 April 1792, succeeding Samuel Miles and preceding Matthew Clarkson.

Biography
John Barclay was born in Ballyshannon, Ireland on 22 January 1749, and he emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies in 1779 and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked as a shipping merchant and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, retiring in 1782 with the rank of Captain. He became a justice of the peace in 1782 and President Judge of the Courts of Bucks County in 1789, and he went on to serve as Mayor of Philadelphia from 1791 to 1792. In 1793, he became President of the Bank of Philadelphia. From 1811 to 1813, he served as a Federalist State Senator, and he died in 1824.